beangán

Irish

Alternative forms

• beanglán, brionglán

Etymology

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Noun

beangán m (genitive singular beangáin, nominative plural beangáin)

1. young branch, shoot
2. (horticulture) scion, graft
3. heir, scion
4. prong
5. (ornithology) tree-creeper

   Synonym: snag

Declension

Declension of beangán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative beangán beangáin Vocative a bheangáin a bheangána Genitive beangáin beangán Dative beangán beangáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an beangán na beangáin Genitive an bheangáin na mbeangán Dative leis an mbeangán don bheangán leis na beangáin

Derived terms

• beangánach (“branching; pronged”, adjective)

Related terms

• beangaigh (“graft”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
beangán	bheangán	mbeangán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “beangán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “beangán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “beangán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024